April 17, 2009
Here is a fun story about problems in today’s work force:
I guess at the causes of the growing trend of parents stepping into workplace issues of their grown children—calling the employer after a subpar review, threatening the HR department if their child did not get the raise or bonus that they think he deserved.
If this problem were not so horrible, it would be comical. Beware, however, parents, you could be the fodder of next year’s thoughtful article. Make sure that, as parents, you do not make your children dependent on you permanently. If you think your child is being treated unfairly, I would encourage you, as much as possible, to talk to the other adult without letting your son or daughter know that you are taking up his or her cause. Parents main message should be submit to the authorities over them, learn from them and obey them. When they have trouble at their summer job, help them to learn to toe the line or to ask questions of their employer respectfully. When they struggle or fail at things (even at school) find the cause and help them to correct it. Do not quickly assume, as some parents do, that their child’s problems are all external. We are all sinners. God uses circumstances—sometimes tough and unfair circumstances—to make us into the people that he wants to be. The Father loved the Sons perfectly. He did not remove Him from our world. Thank God.
Your children will call you blessed if you help them to learn how to righteously submit to authority. It will make them much more useful adults.
